Are We Approaching the End of the Arms Control Era?

... deficient, and a diversion of energy from needed next steps. And yet, it stands as an international rallying point for those who are growing increasingly frustrated with the lack of movement by the nuclear powers to honor their obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. I anticipate that support for nuclear abolitionists will increase in volume. Beatrice Finn, who accepted the Nobel Prize for the International Ban Campaign, challenges arms control advocates to stop using euphemisms like “nuclear deterrence,” which she refers to as: “the threat to commit the mass murder of innocent civilians.” I don’t rule out that the Nuclear Ban Treaty may someday be regarded as an important ...